As
a medicinal chemist, I�m often asked, �How can I live to be a 100
years old?� My answer is simple, �Learn to control blood sugar and
insulin.�

The
biggest threat to longevity is high blood sugar and insulin. Known
as type II diabetes � or more accurately insulin resistance � it
has become a nationwide epidemic that steals 11 to 20 years from
a person�s lifespan. It is one of the main culprits behind depression,
obesity, heart disease and even cancer. Understanding two simple
facts about the pandemic killer may help you avoid it � and live
to be 100 years old rather than 65 or 70!

Fact
#1: Anti-Diabetic Drugs like Avandia and Actos are Deadly

To
curb the threat, family physicians are madly prescribing Avandia
and Actos in hopes of reversing type II diabetes � total sales have
reached over $4 billion annually. Unknown to most, Avandia users
have a whopping 30-40% increased risk of heart attack and other
heart-related adverse events (heart failure) compared to patients
treated with placebo.[1]
This side-effect is partly due to the drugs ability to lower �hemoglobin.�

Hemoglobin
is used by the body to transport oxygen throughout the entire 100,000
miles of adult veins, arteries, and capillaries. Without it, a condition
known as �ischemia� sets in. This is a fancy term for �suffocation.�
Clinically, heart attack or heart failure can result from the lack
of oxygen.

Actos
belongs to the same class of medicine as Avandia � glitazones. Not
surprisingly, it carries the same risks. Health Canada sounded the
alarm as early as 2001! But the danger is being hidden from the
American public.

Commenting
on the unannounced danger, the U.S. Congress stated that the, �FDA�s
apparently callous disregard for the safety of diabetics taking
Avandia is very reminiscent of the Agency�s failure to move on Vioxx
when substantial safety signals first became known. Like Vioxx,
Avandia may have unnecessarily risked the lives of tens of thousands
of Americans.�[2]

Fact
#2: Natural Medicine Can Safely Reverse Insulin Resistance

In
the process of designing anti-diabetic drugs, Big Pharma surveyed
a myriad of natural products to find a �lead compound� that would
show them how best to design a synthetic drug. Corosolic acid from
the banaba leaf was among the most potent.[3]

Corosolic
acid successfully reverses insulin resistance as seen by lowered
blood levels of insulin and glucose among users. Rather than promote
the natural medicine to the millions who suffer from insulin resistance,
Big Pharma has been working rigorously to make a synthetic copycat
� so they can monopolize it. They have failed miserably. Fortunately,
the natural source is readily available as �banaba leaf� at local
health food stores.

Banaba
leaf works at the molecular level by fine-tuning the damaged insulin
receptor � the cause of insulin resistance. This benefit rests in
its ability to selectively initiate a chemical reaction known as
�phosphorylation� at the receptor site. In effect, what is �jammed,�
becomes un-jammed thanks to the banaba leaf. Akin to a key being
inserted into a lock, insulin is free to interact with the receptor,
thereby triggering the cell to open the doors for blood sugar.

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Users
of Banaba leaf not only avoid dangerous prescriptions while increasing
insulin sensitivity, but they also melt fat and build muscle in
the process. This beneficial effect comes from the subsequent balancing
of hormones that occurs once blood levels of insulin and glucose
are normalized. Men rid their body of excess estrogen and boost
testosterone and vice-versa for women. Of course, lifestyle habits
such as exercise and minimizing sugar while increasing healthy fat
and protein consumption are pre-requisites to the success of banaba
leaf.

Closing

Among
those populations who live the longest, they thrive courtesy of
being ultra sensitive to insulin - naturally. And conversely, those
who die the youngest from obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and
cancer are grossly insensitive to it courtesy of type II diabetes.
Or they are �following doctor�s orders� and swallowing prescription
drug like Avandia or Actos.

Shane holds a
Master's degree in organic chemistry and has first-hand industry experience
with drug research, design and synthesis. With his keen ability to sift
through scientific literature and weed out fact from fiction, Shane has
empowered thousands to assert their health freedom by saying "no" to prescription
drugs. Learn more about his books Health
Myths Exposed and The Hidden Truth about Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs.